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THE

THE WAR.

THE • HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER SOTH, 1917,

RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR. DEFEAT OF M. KERENSKY'S FORCES,

A SPLIT IN THE MAXIMALIST PARTY

ITALIANS COPING WITH INVADERS.

NAVAL ENGAGEMENT OFF HELIGOLAND.

Franco-Belgian bront.

LATEST CABLES. {THROUGH "REUTER'S 10XNOT.). BRITISH FRONT. GERMANE MAKE STRONG RAID.

LONDON, November 18th. Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re- ports strong raiding party this morning entered certain points of our trenches in the neighbourhood of Gille- moti Farm, to the south-east of Epehy. We counter-attacked across the open and ejected the enemy after sharp fighting.

Our trenches to the south-east of Havrincourt were raided carly this morn

ing.

FABLIER CABLES.

MUTUAL ARTILLERY ACTIVITY. SUCCESSFUL RAIDING,

LONDON, November 18th, Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig re

Naval Activities.

EARLIER CABLES, THROUGH: KEUTER'S AGENCY.] TAE HELIGOLAND NAVAL ENGAGEMENT. HEAVY CANNONADING IN THE NORTH SEA.

LONDON, November 18th,

So far no further announcement has been made regarding the Heligoland naval engagement

Details are not likely to be received until the British ships have returned to port.

Yesterday morning's bald announcement indicates that the Germans have followed the usual hit and run tretics.

GH LATEST CARLER,

THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.

A SPLIT IN THE MAXIMALIST

PARTY

LONDON,

über, 18th;

1804.

BY AN ENGLISHMAN.""}

AND LIQUID FIRE,

WASHINGTON, September 20th- Plaus have been, made by the Gineral In all the clamorous appeals for peace Staff of the army, with the approval of which we have heard of Inte, an insistent the President and the War Department, ante hellum We are invited to return liquid flames when they begin operations demand has been made for the status quo for the American forces to use gas and to the state of affairs which was before against the Germans. The use of such the war, We are to cry quit," and methods by the enemy forces the United with a liberal, hand to wipe the past from States to retaliate with similar measures. the slate of time

A general order issued by the War De partment to-day carries into effect dire own tions given by the President for the or

trained. There are three such armies— guisation of a special gas flame ser- vice regiment for each army now being the regular army, the national army and the National Guard army and wich will with The War

particular

realised ng the eleventh hour, when ap THE TRUE" STATUS QUO.” U.S. FORCES TO USE GAS parently he hoped to restore order out of chaos with a handful of Cossacks and Dragoons and a few guns. The Maxima lists completely controlled Petrograd by Monday The Military Academies hold Telegraphing

18thout till the last The Cadets resisted Router's correspondent at Petrograd, FC | pluckily, but were mercilessly slain and ports that Maximalist split bus their bodies thrown into the canal. occurred, four members of the Maximalist Indications point to the formation of Administration, styled the Commissionery a composite Socialist Cabinet with of the Interior, of Commerce, of Agri-pence platform The Maximalists claim culture and of Supplice, respectively, predominance therein. The other having resigned on the ground that the Socialistic parties are most - anxious to formation of a Coalition Socialist avoid domestic bloodshed, Government is essential. Several other

Maximalisty and Extremists. Commissioners side with them and five advocate an internal fight to a finish.”...... THE BRITISH COLONY SAFE. members of the Maximalist Central Com mittee of the Petrograd Soldiers' and

but

tbe

ion unless we put upon it our

Of course we shall not accept the invita

procisely is the state of things to which taeaning, and it is well to discover what

we are willing to go back, and when the war really began, which Germany would

openly like Europe to forget havo a gas partes

The battle which has heen fury for the last three yours is but an

liberties of

episode in a well-planned, wellaron Jame

Prussia

1.

been

his

paying ntention to the gas and innovations which the Germans introduced. The Pershing force has been in this country a large

Sana marauder's hand undergoing intensive training in the use Workmen's Delegates have also resigned' Allied representatives are remaining in upon Schleswig-Holsicireale began a of gas maake, a mers and officers. uf

"for the game reasou.

EARLIER VABLES.

REPORTED DOWNFALL OF KERENSKY'S FORCES.

to

number of medical the Medical Reserve Carps have taken a special course of instruction at the Army Gas School, which has been established at Fort Bill Okla.

Sir George Buchanan, and the other

Petrograd. The British Colony is up the present not in danger.

THE NEW CHIEF COMMANDER. LONDON, November 18th. A Russian wireless official message PETROGRAD, November 18th, ́states:—À notification, signed by General Reuter's Correspondent telegraphing | Dakhonin, issued in Petrograd, states on Friday, says that the Maximalists have that he has temporarily assumed the occupied Gatchina. M. Kerensky Staff post of Chief Commander. He orders trouble. But Bismarck unving beaten the consisting of I regimental headquarters

trip in accomplished with very little (4) A general constru has been arrested and M. Kerensky has the stoppage of further troops going to them.

Austriane was careful not to exasperate and 0 eng

fled. Orders have been sent by wireless Petrograd for his arrest.

conflict which has never ceased, though now and again suspended, until the pre- sent day, It has been a fifty years war, and is not yet over Each step upon Frussin's road of ontlawry led to another. and nothing but a decisivo defeat will check the German lust of aggrandise the formation for each army of the fol

The order issued to day provides for ment First by an net of theft, ns wanton lawing special and technical troops ESA Frederick the Great's stealing of (1.)-Agus, and flamy service, consist- Silesia, Prassin Inid violent hands upon

aponing of a regiment of the Duchip

engineorg step

A mining service, consisting of 1 ateplină campaign of regimental headquarters and 8 engineer was the subjugation Aus

companies. organ, and i

construction BOFFICE,

domination

Only transporta connected avoiding a triumphal entry into Vienna er companies;

in

of

engineer supply services toll- regimental headquarters, a of 3 companies of supply companier of

He had a

motive, for political vie? It lay in the the Napoleonie with the military operations will be logic of history,hould succeed war with workshop engineers, and a, servies batt

Bismarck knew, that engineers, & battalion of 3 as

ist and he was inspired then, as lion of 4 companies,

Telegraphing on Saturday, the Corre permitted. spondent says that hostilities have mased

JAPAN-AMERICAN AGREE

A telegram from the Dutch Island of al Moscow, and terms have been signed |

GEMENT UPSET. Ameland states that heavy cannonading, whereby Kerensky's so-called White Card On: was heard all Saturday morning.

surrenders its arms and the Committee of Public Safety is dissolved.

A telegram from Copenhagen says that a most violent cannonade in the North

war with

by B

fear of Russia. He was (6.)-A surveying and printing servicK, never cortain how that Power would re- consisting of 1 battalion of topographical gard the national development of For-engines.

So he his best to soothe the (7.)-A rond service consisting of. I re susceptibilities of the Czar while he play.gime

gimental ed the part of

hondquarters, 4 battalions of a magnanimous victor in

roed engineers of 3 companies, ench; & the eyes of Austria, and when in 1870 he service battalions of 4 companies ench, forced France to a war not of her own 10 track companies of 31 trucks each, and keep in open field for his speedy con seeking. his neighbours were content, to 6 wagon companies, with 81 wagone each.

(8)An army poutoon park.

Torro, November 18th. The Japan-American provisional agree The Maximalist conditions for enferment for the exchange of 175,000 tons of portsThe Lancashires and Highlander Sea was heard between 8.30 and 19 in the ing a composite Socialist Cornment American steel for a quarter of a million quest successfully raided in the neighbourhood morning, even miles of Manone. Great include the control of the troops at

of Monchy-le-Preux. There were a few explosions were heard at intervals and Petrograd and Moscow and the armies owing to the unacceptability of Americas Bismarck bimself was conscious of the

prisoners captured,

There is reciprocal artillery firing on the battle front.

The enemy's hire is principally directed on positions at Passchendaele and Lange marck, south of Polygon Wood.

LATEST CABLES.

FRENCH FRONT. LIVELY RECIPROCAL ARTILLERY.

FIRING

LONDON, November 19th.

the firing of several warships was observed on the hor zon. MEAGRE DETAILS OF THE ACTION,

PARIS, November 13th.

The Admiralty states that there is no further information of the Heligoland Right operation, beyond the fact that the enomy's light cruisers were chased to

within thirty miles of Heligoland, unti! under the protection of the Battle Fleet

and minefields, when we retired.

An enemy light cruiser was seen to be

of workmen throughout Russia.

mingtons of Japanese shipping has been upset

further conditions regarding the age-limit eships and the price, per ton

M. Naratoff, the ex-Foreign Minister, has gone in hiding after erranging for the severity of copies of the Treaties with

the Allies The Maxinalists have order.

ed his arrest and the recovery of the documents:

AMERICA AND THE WAR.

WASHINGTON, November 18th. The Shipping Board has approved

Thu HINKING IN BATTALIONS.

the campaign of 1870 was a third step in Prussia's large plan of attack NEW U.S. LIBERTY MOTOR result he wished to

READY. produce. It was Already clear to me," he wrote of 1886, BRILLIANT ENGINEERING FEAT.

that we should have to defend the con quests of the campaign in further wars just as Frederick the Great had to defend the results of his two first Silesian in the fiercer fire of the Shed War Hitherto Prussia'e truthing

march. She had

little won victories with, very bloodshed, and with proclaimed

MAXIMALISTS' DEMANDS plans for the building of a score fperor at Versailles che already dreamned Router's Correspondent, telegraphing 4,000 ton unsinsable ships in the United on Saturday, says that, after defeating States at Kerensky, the Maximalist Council of Commissioners proclaimed the right of

It is said that the only effect of the explosion of four torpedoes in the hull.

the different peoples of Russia to decide of a ship in a test was to destroy the A French communiqué says:There is on fire and the machinery of another on the form of Government, including the cargo in the area of the explosion. intermittent reciprocal artillery Aring in appeared to be damaged,

separation and formation of independent States.

ESSENTIALS FOR PERMANENT

The Liberty motor, the airplane engine, upon which the United States is relying the Germans over the battle field of to establish definite air supremacy, over his passed its anal test and is a

and gratifying sucess,

In making this announcement, Seera tary Baker told how all the best brains that she was mistrese of Europe. But and business of American motordom had the swift recovery of France dashed her contributed their secrets and achievements

other mid not bear to think that the Probably the war has witricard nu hopes, and, four years after the treaty to the government to produce the Liberty had been signed Bismarck mediated an motor, which is to carry the thousands of

American airplanes over Germany. Ho could not hour had gathered strength to rise again the story of design and construction of onemy he had left bleeding on the g

single achievement, the state ment mys, and relates for the first time other war in truth, would have been fought with France in 1875 had not as fiant chapter to American engineering the now motor, which has added a brit sip and England sternly forbade it recorda

And Bismarck always too prudent to PEACE

nys the motor is upon two faces

once, deferred

Baker says his now the main reliance of the United LONDON, November 18th.

Germany of

in the rapid production in largo Rester's Agency learns that President had been one and indivisible and ever numbers of high-power battle-planet Wilson has

service in the War. since 1870 she has watched with hungry service cabled to Colonel House, the eyes for the opportunity of renewing the In power, spied, serviceability and majority of the portfolios, including Chief of the American Mission in Buron old conflict. Never has she been wiling now engine invites comparison with th

minimum weight, he continues Che to live in ace and quietude.

peace

Her

army that the United States considers that has been always prepared for the day beat that the European war has produesef. A German naval communiqué states - The Maximalist Commissioners havt anity of plan and control between all the in battnbons and spoke in the thunder the co-operation of more than a scare of which should surely come. She thought The engine was brought about through Strong British naval forces attempted to closed the Russa Swedish frontier at Allies and the United States is essential droared in a state of war. Though she trade secrets

of artillery She lived, and worked and enginers who pooled their skill and

in the war emergency in prder to secure permanent peace and affected to live on terms of friendship try, who never before had seen each etliez, break into the German Bight on the Toruea.

engineers: morning of November 17th.

with her no pudently the Prince of were brought together at Washington are

the Vaudessons region and towards. An enemy mine-sweeper was sunk Schoenhetz, being lively and continuous We had no losses, and there was only north of Hill 344, on the right bank of slight damage to ships.

the Meuse.

EARLIER CABLES. PARIS, November 18th.

A communique states-There is fairly great recíprocal artillery firing north of Chemin des Dames, on the right bank of

the Meute

Italian Front,

EARLIER CABLES. {THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

ITALIAN FRONT,

ITALIANS BRILLIANT COUNTER-

ATTACKS.

LONDON, November 18th..

Our casualties were alight,

GERMAN VERSION.

LONDON, November 19th.

Our guardships located them on the line from Horn's Reef to Tereschelling and

The Maximalista insist on the inclusion

of M. Lenin and M. Trotzky in ang composite Socialist Government and a

Foreign, Interior and Labour,

vengeanc

Hitherto

himself

the

though

Two of the best

for

in the coun

Nowe of the fighting, which lasted for use to the best advantage the BI Banco she did not lowdowance of can engine at the earliest possible, moment

week, is most contradictory. It is im possible to say whether the casualties are

come to

her

the

there was an immediate counter-thrust in hundreds or thousands. The Maxima House to confer with the Allies with faol and short on until 2.300

hotel of an

resmirces of the United States

President Wilson has requested Colonel It was not her fault that the change it can engine at producing an all-Ameri-

renewing the ancient hostilities did not was presented to them. Their first con She hoped that Her ference, June 3rd, lasted from the after inal campaign

o'clock in the morning. Our advanced forces repulsed them easily. lists at Petrograd have sont detachments view to achieving the closest co-operation: like the others. would leave her

The two

engineers wore We had no losses.

of sailors and soldiers and Red Guards

disputed mistress of the world. But sho

locked in a room in &

the MR. LLOYD GEORGE'S PARIS wished to take no more risks than word and charged with thither. Cannon and machine-guns con-

necessary and it was not untie airplace motor for use of Europe. The Near East,

tinually bombarded Kremlin Town Hall,

SPEECH.

hought rangs weakened by pools that for five days neither man left the suits

France politics over the battle which was ons of the chief strongholds WELCOMES AN OPPORTUNITY TO more she drew the lordo Germans engineers and draftsmen from various

of rooms engaged for their without warning, upon defences Whington to assist them, The work in-

sactions of the country were brought

continuously charge of motor worked a 24-

EARLIER CABLES, THROUGH REUTER.E AGENCY.]

of the Military Cadets and other Govern-

An Italian official message states:We THE PALESTINE CAMPAIGN.ment adherents. Many shells burst on completely broke up four attacks of extreme violence in the direction of Zomio,

to the east of Gallio, und recaptured

advanced, elements in the direction of

Casera Muletta-Davanti, taking a hun- -dred prisoners

COLONIALS OCCUPY JAFFA

LONDON, November 18th.

EXPLAIN.

Conte

they did not begin a

new war.

to the stulux que ante, the states the two

LONDON, November 18th

merely took up again the policy if the drafting room private houses, starting fires.

aggression they had been forced to day and night -It is reported that Government troops

arliamentary correspondents in the interrupt.

And when we are asked 10 / engiuce Tavert

development Stamounting to an army corps, under the Sunday papers state that Mr. Lloyd of things before the war, our answer is A Palestine official message states order of the Army Committee have George is in a most militant mood and content to go back to the very beginning the aid rendered by consulti'g engineers By all means, if Our adversaries are An inspining feature of this work was Australian and Now Zealand mounted reached Huge (1) en route for Petrograd vele meg an opportunity of disposing of of hostilitica. The war, in which today and motor manufacturers who gave up troops on Saturday occupied Jaffa with to end the civil war and the dictatorship his Radical and Conservative crities. I all the world is engaged, began in their secrets under the gruer mey of war

of the Maximalists.

out opposition, The enemy appears to Enamy pressure between the Brenta and be continuing his retirement to the north, The Ukraine Assembly has declared the the Piave is increasing.

[Jaffa is on the seacoast of Syria, independence of Ukraine. It is stated After fierce resistance and brilliant

miles north-west of Jerusalem There that M. Kerensky's Cossacks numbered counter-attacks, wo effected an orderly withdrawal from some of our advanced was formerly a considerable German only three hundred.

positions,

We completely swept the enemy in the Fagare zone, and we repulsed in attack

at Zenson, further driving back the enemy to the river loop,"

We frustrated enemy attempts to cross the river olsewhere.

We took on Friday and Saturday, on right bank of the Piave, 1,303 prison-

GERMAN - KEFORT.

LONDON, November 18th. German Wireless official message states:---Strong Italian forces fruitlessly attempted to recapture heights worth-enat of Asiago

colony in the vicinity.

GETTING READY FOR JERUSALEM.

LONDON, November 18th.

REPUBLIC OF FINLAND

EXPECTED.AZ

STOCKHOLM, November 18th.

A telegram to the Polikin from Hapa. randa confirms the Copenhagen message,

is expected that be will clear up the

the campaigns which

heen needs!! bave fought since are parts of one undivided struggle for supremacy foresd upon us

mise aception that the Paris spooch by the Germans, By Bismarck's logic of hour. And we shall resolve that un history, then, we shall pick up the state impious hand shall ever seb it forward reflected on the Army leaders.

which we wish to rea

restare not in 1914, hut

THE SILVER MARKET,

GOVERNMENT CONTROL FOR ONE!

YEAR

WASHINGTON, November 18th, Representatives of the American and

which is now being fought, as we helf

in that year when Prussia began her again. The vole cause of the long cares of theft she lavine A predatory in a happy finish, was the ambit

hand upon Schleswig-Holstein,

the Hohenzollerne and

of ours

The CE FOR TENORANCE.

xinti nuo unte, Whane Hung own reasonable, will satisfy all save Think what a return to it would mean for peace and tranquillity! The best would

backin Denmark France would cover Alsace-Lorrame

the Kiel Canal would be made

Sir Arthur Yapp, speaking at Glasgow, has announced that he has just received Fa cable requesting him to be ready with wired on November 16th, and states that British Governments are conferring with feet and Heligoland would oUEB TOTA

Y.M.CA. Hut for Jerusalem.

General

SEARLIEN CABLES.

THROUGH LEUTER'S AGENCY ]

THE PACIFIST DISORDER IN ZURICH.

Zurich, November 18th. On November 16th four were killed and many injured in a conflict between the Polics and two thousand pacifists

Last night troops were called out and fired blank cartridges,

Order was restored this morning.

Bisme

Bezvanis.

his the intelligencs good book said Disasi is most strange, he backed the worst horse

and

what of the lot. For Prussia 18 5- without any bottom and

din my

not maintain a real ver

bas

for Re

Receive them-

and our diplomat

Prussen ntained one tone

60 JOST B

a proclamation of an Independent the leading silver producers on proposed be the property of Great Britain,

sacrificing its] Finnish Republic is expected

contract under which the Governments would become again a collectio

ints have never understood it In- dependent kingdoms, The

erman Bustriously have they blinded their ves WHY N KERENSKY FAILED.

will virtually control the silver for 2 year Colonics at whose acquisition we zurstanged their earthey did

foolishly

when Bie heavy hand of tyranny and

PETTOGRAD, November 18th at a price somewhat below the prevailing | ever the Connica would gen kan fordick told them what no

Heaters Correspondent telegraphing rats of eighty-six cents per ounce. One Pression. We should, indeed, po back at not believe

a bound to the golden ag en which our own

him

ઘણાં

on November 14th, says that Kuren bi the chief results will be to laco blindness and German mpacity Mayo Faces Jong the 5t1h 20m

sky a failure is due to his îndecision and restrictions on ecquisitions where the var

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destroyed, and neither the Kaiser nor his, wak

For could object with reLEON Chan

There is no more an excuse for

have

and we know that it they be notherusbed

now they will gat on for another hall-century. lîtion of their peace was unf

And t they still dangle before war faces the Such is the only datus quo ante which but we will:

fatus quo ante we will rap it cladly.

back to the very beginns Te can or should recognise It went filver is quoted at 438d. The market back the clock it shall be to the right pag, and remake the map not it was in 1814 bus as it was in 1864 Duits only in dull

his alios chiefly on words He is bas caused a greatly enlarged demand for the constitutionally unable to face facte, silver coins. preferring to pander to the weakness of the mob whose blataney.

tinued at foot of next